The Dardanelles

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 236, 15 March 1915, Page 5

The Dardanelles

ALLIES' BOMBARDMENT. CONTINUES. , THE SQUADRON REINFORCED. : Received March 13, 12.15 a.m. Paris, March 13. : Official: Two British vessels bom- > harded Bulliver. Two battleships bom- ' bnrded eight batteries, commanding Mor- i tobay at tin- entrance to the Darclanoli-'S ' to prevent repairs. ' The French division continues operations, j Athens. March 13. The Allies destroyed a bridge near the , town of Dardanelles, used for the trans- • port of artillery to the forts. The enemy's . fire has improved, probably owing to German gunners. Six units reinforced the allied squadron, which bombarded the Smyrna forts. The Turks have evacuated coastal villages and fled to the Interior. The Triumph's officers relate that the battleship was for some time under a tornado of shells. The Triumph was seventeen times in action, and fired two thousand rounds. She was hit fourteen times. Her funnel was riddled, and a shell penetrated the turrets where there were fifteen men. Only one was killed. When the landing parties blew up the forts, huge pieces <tr wreckage were hurled nearly across the straits. ENORMOUS LOSSES OF THE ENEMY. A THOUSAND IN A DAY. Received March 15, 12.15 a.m. Rome, March 14. The Giornale dTtalia states that twenty Turkish officers and three hundred men were killed in the first day's bombardment. A thousand were killed 'on the second day, including Von Kobe, ' the German commander in the Dardanelles. CONSTANTINOPLE NO LONGER SAFE. Received March 15, 12.15 a.m. Rome, March 13. The Giornale dTtalia savs tin- Otlcinnn Bank, the Deutsche Bank, and the Deutsche Orient, Bank at Constantinople have removed their bullion to Brouissa.